The
National Minority Quality Forum has launched the Lead Risk Index to help
health-care practitioners, policymakers, advocacy groups and industry
gain a full understanding of childhood lead poisoning at the local level.

Nationally, an estimated 750,000 children under age six have an elevated
blood lead level of 5 micrograms per deciliter or above, the level that
represents the CDC's reference value for lead poisoning in children.

Map
the estimated prevalence of elevated blood lead levels in children under age six to the
zip code level, further segmented by gender and race/ethnicity.

Brought
to you by the National Minority Quality Forum with support from Magellan
Diagnostics,
a founding subscriber to the Lead Risk Index.